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Jim Huff
West Lafayette
2011-04-18
$31 (cart included), played on Tuesday, April 2011 at 2pm
Played this course while on a business trip. Loved the layout and the course was in great shape. Lots of elevation changes and clear streams, flowers starting to bloom, trees just getting first leaves. You have to bend it right or left on many holes. The fairways were green and the rough was lush (playing the rough was just that, rough as it is supposed to be). The greens were a bit slow and soft because of recent rains so it took awhile to adjust to the pace. However they roll true. Will speed up no doubt on drier days. There was hardly anyone playing on the Tuesday afternoon so it was a pretty quick round. Only negative is I got a bum cart that barely finished the the last few holes and died on the 18th. One of the guys said they were ready to get new carts because the ones they had were about shot. I would drive to play this course if I was anywhere in the area (Chicago to Indianapolis).
Would travel: 60-120 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Ranks with the best in this price level, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Price, Ambiance, Pace of Play, Staff
$31 (cart included), played on Tuesday, April 2011 at 2pm
Played this course while on a business trip. Loved the layout and the course was in great shape. Lots of elevation changes and clear streams, flowers starting to bloom, trees just getting first leaves. You have to bend it right or left on many holes. The fairways were green and the rough was lush (playing the rough was just that, rough as it is supposed to be). The greens were a bit slow and soft because of recent rains so it took awhile to adjust to the pace. However they roll true. Will speed up no doubt on drier days. There was hardly anyone playing on the Tuesday afternoon so it was a pretty quick round. Only negative is I got a bum cart that barely finished the the last few holes and died on the 18th. One of the guys said they were ready to get new carts because the ones they had were about shot. I would drive to play this course if I was anywhere in the area (Chicago to Indianapolis).